1954 VFL Season Round 18: Footscray v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1954 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round eighteen of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Hawthorn at Western Oval. In the absence of Charlie Sutton, vice-captain Wally Donald captained the hosts. Ted Fletcher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Jack Hale.

Footscray (17.15.117) defeated Hawthorn (5.4.34).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Footscray v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 28 August 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 22,896

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Hawthorn
Score: 17.15.117 - 5.4.34

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 3 7 . 7 13 . 12 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Hawthorn 1 . 2 4 . 2 4 . 3 5 . 4 5 . 4 (34)
Margin FOOT by 19 FOOT by 23 FOOT by 63 FOOT by 83 FOOT by 83
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Wally Donald (acting)
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Hawthorn

Captain: Ted Fletcher
Coach: Jack Hale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Roach

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 2 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 6 ?
22 Donald, Wally (ac) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 2 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
6 Gelavis, Nick ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 1 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 3 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
26 Nuttall, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 3 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 15

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Allsop, Tom C ? 0 ?
5 Cash, Pat CHF ? 1 ?
6 Coghlan, Kevin FPL ? 1 ?
28 Considine, Maurie HBFR ? 0 ?
14 Crane, Len FB↓ ? 0 ?
1 Fletcher, Ted (c) BPR ? 1 ?
12 Hughes, Alf BPL ? 0 ?
11 Hughes, Peter SUB↑ ? 0 ?
10 Kennedy, John RU↓ ? 0 ?
35 Maginness, Norm HBFL ? 0 ?
36 Nash, Wally SUB↑ ? 0 ?
15 O'Brien, Phil WR ? 0 ?
3 O'Mahoney, John HFFL ? 0 ?
25 Peck, Graham HFFR ? 1 ?
8 Philp, Clive CHB ? 0 ?
27 Simmonds, Roy RO ? 0 ?
20 Thompson, Clayton FPR ? 0 ?
17 Voigt, Noel FF ? 0 ?
16 Wilkinson, Lance WL ? 0 ?
24 Woodley, Allan RU ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 4

P. Hughes replaced J. Kennedy during the fourth quarter.
W. Nash replaced L. Crane during the fourth quarter.

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
12 A. Hughes 14 L. Crane 1 T. Fletcher (c)













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



35 N. Maginness 8 C. Philp 28 M. Considine













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



16 L. Wilkinson 4 T. Allsop 15 P. O'Brien









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 10 J. Kennedy 11 P. Hughes
HALF-FORWARD 24 A. Woodley 36 W. Nash
3 J. O'Mahoney 5 P. Cash 25 G. Peck 27 R. Simmonds











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



6 K. Coghlan 17 N. Voigt 20 C. Thompson













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Jack Hale